dead to sin

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Gal 2:18- For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. Paul said that he does what he doesn't want to do and doesn't do what he knows he should do. I find myself there too. More often than not. Those things that I am convicted in my heart as wrong, dead wrong, I find myself doing. In realizing it, I don't even stop. What does that make me other than guilty, sad, and sorry. It makes me a transgressor. A sinner. Those sins that I once tore down with the declaration that I would never walk that line again, I build those very sins up if I keep on doing it, after the fact. It doesn't end there however, because (20) "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me" Everyday, every moment, every second in a life drenched in sin, I MUST remember that I am DEAD to this life as I once knew it. And this life that you find in me today, its a life I have in Jesus Christ, by my faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God who loved me and gave humbly His life in exchange for mine. A verse that I love, because it applies so much to who I am is Prov. 24:16 " For a righteous man may fall seven times (the "me" part) and rise again (the "me + God" part) .." A thousand times I fail, still His mercy, so rich and beautiful, remains. And God, if You do read blogs, Thank You for that.

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  1. PradeeshJune 23, 2009 at 11:21 PM

    wah great post..I think it is true to me as well....

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  2. ShebaJanuary 2, 2010 at 3:35 PM

    Thanks Pradeesh. It is awesome to know and to be known by a God who gives us grace in our weakest moments.

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